Welcome

MindingFeet is a holistic practice thinking differently. Patricia treats all types of foot and lower leg conditions. Prevention is the best cure. She helps you to take care of your feet now so you can avoid problems in the future.

Her goal is to change the way you think about your feet. She would like you to love your feet as much as she does. Feet are our foundation and healthy feet are essential for overall health and wellbeing.

Patricia is qualified in a number of complementary therapy disciplines.Foot health, Castle Douglas

Blessed

MindingFeet offers it's services to clients, their families, and communities in a variety of settings, including home, hospital, long-term care, retirement home and clinic setting.

Monday 9:00am – 5:00pm

Tuesday 9:00am – 7:00pm

Wednesday 9:00am – 5:00pm

Thursday 9.00am – 7:00pm

Friday 9:00am – 5:00pm

Saturday 9:00am – 5:00pm

Sundays by arrangement

For your convenience, payment can be made by cash, cheque, bank transfer or credit debit cards.

Many of My Patients Have Felt Bashful About Their Feet

At MindingFeet, I understand that you may feel insecure about your feet. I’ve seen a variety of feet in all conditions. No two feet are the same and every person has different needs, which is why I take a caring and personalised approach to your foot.

Treating:

Corns & Callus

Nail cutting

Ingrown, fungal and deformed nails

Warts & Blisters

Athlete’s Foot

Foot pain

Heel pain &

Plantar fasciitis

Bunions & Hammer toes

Flat feet or high arched feet

Sports injuries

Advice on Insoles

Diabetes & Arthritis

Footwear education

Reflexology taster with each treatment

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Models of reality do not have to be scientifically true. You can take a model as a philosophy if it empowers you

Your life IS the single most precious thing you have.

History of Reflexology

Egyptian hieroglyphics depict the ancient beginnings of reflexology approximately 4000 years ago (Kunz & Kunz, 1995). There is evidence that some forms of reflexology were used by the ancient Chinese and early American Indian tribes (Bolting, 1997). Medical practices developed based on the notion that a stimulus applied to the body produces a response in another area of the body.

Hippocampus

The hippocampus is that part of your brain which is responsible for long-term memory and spatial navigation. It is located in the temporal lobe, behind your ear. You have two hippocampi, one on each side of the brain.

The hippocampus is so important that when it is damaged, you may be unable to form new long-term episodic memories although you may still be able to learn new procedural memories or motor sequences of everyday tasks. Memory is not totally lost as you may still be able to remember events stored prior to hippocampus damage.

Alzheimer's Disease and Reflexology Hippocampus

Vladimir Bekhterev was best known for noting the role of the hippocampus in memory, his study of reflexes, and Bekhterev Disease (Ankylosing spondylitis). Moreover, he is known for his competition with Ivan Pavlov regarding the study of conditioned reflexes..

Alzheimer's disease (and other forms of dementia), the hippocampus is one of the first regions of the brain to suffer damage; short-term memory loss and disorientation are included among the early symptoms. Damage to the hippocampus can also result from oxygen starvation (hypoxia), encephalitis, or medial temporal lobe epilepsy. People with extensive, bilateral hippocampal damage may experience anterograde amnesia (the inability to form and retain new memories).

The term reflexology was coined by Vladimir Bekhterev 1917 a Russian neurologist and the father of objective psychology.

Cancer Care Reflexology

Reflexology may be a good choice for patients who don’t want to be touched, or who can’t be touched or moved during treatment. Unlike massage, it involves only the feet, with no re-positioning or undressing required.

Reflexology is one of the most popular types of complementary therapy in the UK among people with cancer.

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Through the ages Reflexology...

Is your baby suffering with colic or teething pain? Have you a teenager studying for exams or worried about identity, friendship groups and other pressures? Reflexology is a fabulous tool that can be used to help ease many common concerns and discomforts at all stages of childhood and adolescence.Treatments are modified to suit the age of the clientFoot care, Dumfries and Galloway

Well-Being

Wellness can be defined as an experience or an exploration of what makes you feel good.Without proper fuel our bodies will not have the energy to perform at their best. Without exercise our bodies become weaker and less active. The journey through yoga encompasses so much more than the ‘asanas’ or the poses. Yoga enables us to handle and explore our attitudes towards the world, ourselves, our concentration and helps us to meditate. It helps us to understand why we resist and teaches us how to overcome our weaknesses.

The formula to wellness is a three step process

Following a healthy balanced diet

Participate in at least 20 minutes of exercise a day

Add 5 minutes of meditation and 10 minutes of yoga everyday

One Pair Of Feet For Your Lifetime

Unlike the tyres on your car, you only get one pair of feet for your lifetime. They are fundamental to your life and your health and should not be ignored.I am here to help you put your best foot forward, not just today, but for the rest of your life.Foot health, Castle Douglas Foot care, Dumfries and Galloway

Kriya Yoga Meditation

Breathing Techniques enabling you to open to self realisation.

Peace Mission PayerWith open wings of the swan II radiate peace from my heart to the world

Meditation Classes and Workshops available

Kindfulness -Meditation

The key to developing a successful meditation practice is finding the right fit for you. In order to figure out what kind of meditation works best for you, you’ll have to put a few types of meditation to the test and try several tools so you can choose the practice that feels the most comfortable. Workshops and regular classes available - kindfulness meditation is a good place to start your future focus.Foot health, Castle Douglas

Reiki

Reiki was introduced to the world by Dr Mikao Usui around 1922 and originated in Japan. Rei translated in English means “the Higher Power or God’s Wisdom” and Ki stands for “life force energy”. We all have the ability to heal.Patricia is a Reiki Master Teacher

Be Grateful. Even for a Day You’d Rather Forget

“Believe beyond what you can see

There are billions of people, right now, all around the world, who – if they could swap places with you for just one day – would be living a life so far beyond anything they could have ever imagined. Your day-to-day life is someone else’s wildest dreams come true and much, much more.”Don’t Just Think it….FEEL itNow rather than just read that sentence, I want you to really feel it; think about those people and imagine they DO have your life for a day – no matter how dismal you think your life is. Imagine how amazed and grateful they would feel each moment for all the things you experience on a daily basis – a roof over your head, a bed to sleep in, food and drinks, clean water, a safe environment.Foot care, Dumfries and Galloway

Clinic Location

MindingFeet is located in a tranquil setting, just outside Castle Douglas, yet within easy reach of Crocketford, Springholm, New Galloway, Kirkcudbright, Gatehouse of Fleet, County of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway.

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MindingFeet offers it's services to clients, their families, and communities in a variety of settings, including home, long-term care, retirement home and clinic setting.

For your convenience, payment can be made by cash, cheque, bank transfer or credit debit cards.

Get It Right

When JFK decided to go to the moon, he didn't say maybe we will go to the moon. He said we are going to the moon.When you set a goal, be that clear, there is no room for 'maybe', fix your destination in mind

Appointments

Patricia retains the right to refuse appointments to patients and clients that regularly cancel their appointments .

If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed... If you make your bed every morning, you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride, and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another. And by the end of the day, that one task completed, will have turned into many tasks completed. Making your bed will also reinforce the fact that the little things in life matter. If you can't do the little things right, you'll never be able to do the big things right. And if by chance you have a miserable day, you will come home to a bed that is made, that you made. And a made bed gives you encouragement that tomorrow will be better.